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. 2020 Jun 8;9(6):501. doi: 10.3390/antiox9060501

Table 4.

Effect of ripening and landrace on the volatile profile of peppers.

Ripening Level SEM p Value Landrace SEM p Value
Green Red “Cuerno” “Sueca” “Valencia”
acids
hexanoic acid 0.40 0.23 0.09 ns 0.54 0.15 0.26 0.11 ns
2-ethylhexanoic acid 0.40 0.25 0.10 ns 0.46 0.12 0.37 0.12 ns
n-dodecanoic acid 1.33 0.59 0.18 ** 1.34 0.79 0.74 0.22 ns
octanoic acid 1.17 0.54 0.12 *** 0.97 0.66 0.95 0.14 ns
nonanoic acid 3.17 1.69 0.37 ** 2.99 1.58 2.71 0.45 ns
decanoic acid 0.23 0.21 0.07 ns 0.22 0.14 0.30 0.09 ns
alcohols
ethanol 2.43 0.31 0.32 *** 2.64A 1.03B 0.43B 0.39 **
2-octen-1-ol (E) 6.10 0.41 0.48 *** 3.02 3.38 3.37 0.59 ns
cis -3 nonel -1- ol 7.42 0.08 1.44 *** 3.73 6.09 1.43 1.76 ns
aldehydes
acetic aldheyde 0.56 0.04 0.05 *** 0.36 0.29 0.25 0.06 ns
pentanal 0.25 0.09 0.04 * 0.09 0.27 0.15 0.05 ns
hexanal 2.39 0.79 0.22 *** 1.37 1.78 1.61 0.27 ns
(Z)-4-heptenal 2.20 0.28 0.17 *** 1.06 1.32 1.35 0.21 ns
nonanal 2.15 0.59 0.19 *** 1.76 1.15 1.19 0.24 ns
nonenal 24.30 0.72 4.41 *** 18.05a 17.47a 2.01b 5.40 *
nonadien 2-(trans)-6-(CIS)-al 7.84 2.09 1.27 ** 6.41 5.14 3.34 1.56 ns
(2E,4E)-2,4-decadienal 1.49 0.07 0.12 *** 0.83 0.76 0.75 0.15 ns
alkanes
2-2, dimethyldecane 0.86 0.23 0.11 *** 0.41 0.70 0.53 0.13 ns
n-dodecane 0.54 0.39 0.14 ns 0.28 0.54 0.57 0.17 ns
3-methyltridecane 0.13 0.01 0.06 ns 0.00 0.19 0.02 0.07 ns
1-cyclopropylpentane 1.18 0.27 0.11 *** 0.71 0.72 0.76 0.13 ns
ketones
1-penten-3-one 1.23 0.59 0.16 ** 0.89 1.14 0.71 0.20 ns
4-methyl 2-pentanone 0.03 0.01 0.01 ns 0.01 0.00 0.05 0.02 ns
2-heptanone 0.70 0.37 0.10 * 0.31b 0.50b 0.80a 0.12 *
cis-tagetone 3.23 0.23 2.00 ns 5.15 0.04 0.00 2.78 ns
5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dithian-2-one 6.70 2.21 0.68 ** 1.52b 5.66a 6.20a 0.83 ***
terpenes
2-propenyldiene-1-cyclobutene 0.04 0.79 0.11 *** 0.07B 0.45B 0.73A 0.14 **
3-carene 75.05 0.13 12.61 *** 26.45 39.96 46.35 15.45 ns
beta-trans-ocimene 0.11 0.05 0.05 ns 0.05 0.12 0.07 0.06 ns
7-methyl-1-octene 0.60 0.09 0.07 *** 0.44 0.28 0.31 0.09 ns
Allo-ocimene 1.66 0.03 0.28 *** 0.55 0.92 1.06 0.34 ns
copaene 11.95 2.69 2.10 * 7.93 10.18 3.86 2.57 ns
cyclosativene 1.46 0.48 0.25 * 1.12 1.22 0.57 0.31 ns
β-linalool 5.70 1.50 0.62 *** 1.44b 3.79a 5.55a 0.76 **
α-santalene 0.62 0.05 0.11 *** 0.57a 0.35a 0.09b 0.13 *
α-Bergamotene 9.53 0.57 1.69 *** 7.74 5.08 2.34 2.06 ns
β-farnesene 2.28 0.39 0.34 *** 1.99 1.16 0.86 0.42 ns
esters
0.34 0.16 0.07 ns 0.40 0.20 0.14 0.09 ns
n-octyl formate 0.00 0.04 0.02 ns 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.03 ns
methyl salicylate 24.80 4.83 4.28 ** 12.50 21.41 10.54 5.24 ns
ethyl salicylate 1.69 0.09 0.33 ** 1.72a 0.93a 0.02b 0.41 *
ethyl hexadecanoate 0.50 0.07 0.11 ** 0.49 0.15 0.23 0.13 ns
aromatic hydrocarbons
o-xylene 0.03 0.01 0.01 ns 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.01 ns
mesithylene 0.05 0.11 0.03 ns 0.05 0.13 0.06 0.04 ns
2,4,6-trimethylanisole 1.92 0.09 0.28 *** 0.80 1.48 0.74 0.34 ns
furans 0.29 0.12 0.04 ** 0.16 0.22 0.24 0.04 ns
furan,2,3-dihydro-4-methyl 0.70 0.37 0.10 * 0.31b 0.50b 0.80a 0.12 *
2-pentylfuran 3.19 0.32 0.39 *** 1.24 2.02 2.00 0.48 ns
miscellaneous component
nitrogen oxide 1.00 0.34 0.14 ** 0.51 0.69 0.81 0.17 ns
N-methylpyrrole 0.40 0.32 0.07 ns 0.38 0.41 0.29 0.09 ns
2-Isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine 37.11 3.07 3.15 *** 18.84 23.01 18.42 3.86 ns
carbon disulfide 0.41 0.42 0.12 ns 0.42 0.49 0.35 0.12 ns

a,b Means with different letters within the same row are statistically different (p < 0.05). A,B Means with different letters within the same row are statistically different (p < 0.01). SEM = Standard error. ns: p > 0.05; *: p ≤ 0.05; p ≤ 0.05; **: p ≤ 0.01; ***: p ≤ 0.001.